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AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012: Enjoyed a productive rookie season, emerging as the team's everyday third baseman ... started in 34 games after being cleared to play after the first 15 games ... registered a hit in five of her first six college games, including a 3 for 4 night against James Madison (Mar. 7) .. went 2 for 3 and hit her first collegiate homerun at LMU (Mar. 31) ... doubled and had a season-high three RBI at Sacramento State (Apr. 7) ... hit a solo homerun at Pacific (Apr. 11) ... totaled 20 hits and nine RBI while playing solid defense at third base.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2011 graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco, where she led the Wildcats to the Central Coast Section (CCS) playoffs for the first time in school history … three-year varsity starter in the infield, earning All-Western Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) honors three times … was a First Team All-WCAL shortstop as a senior … named All-San Francisco First Team as a senior in 2011 … ESPN Rise All-State nominee all three prep seasons … earned the St. Ignatius 'Coaches Award' as a junior and senior … played club volleyball and also played basketball as an underclassman.
PERSONAL: Born in Redwood City, Calif. as the daughter of Mike and Connie Newell … has two older sisters, Michele and Cristina … has three nieces, Samantha, Taylor and Riley … excellent prep student, majoring in Political Science at SCU.


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Dog Dancing
My beagle and I try America's weirdest pet hobby.
Uno, a ridiculously cute tricolor beagle from Columbia, Mo., won "Best in Show" this week at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show—a first for the breed. In a 2005 "Human Guinea Pig" article, reprinted below, Emily Yoffe tries to teach her less-than-champion beagle a few dance steps.
My beagle, Sasha, and I were going to try the sport of "canine freestyle." (You could call it "dog dancing" but just not in front of anyone who does it.) The materials from the Canine Freestyle Federation suggested that when our performance came together, Sasha and I would flow to the music in a pairing of such joy that we would experience the kind of transcendent unity that used to be described in the final chapter of marriage manuals.
Things looked unpromising from the start. The thorough instructor, Mary Sullivan, called me the night before the first class to assess Sasha's level of preparedness. I suggested it might be best if Sasha just audited, since it's not clear she knows what her name is. I was also worried about us as a dancing team. You could say I have two left feet, but Sasha actually does.
Mary assured me there would be dogs and owners at all levels of ability, and she was excited by the challenge of a beagle doing canine freestyle, since beagles are a notoriously difficult breed. She asked if Sasha had had any training.
"She can sit," I replied.
"Does she focus on your face?" asked Mary.
"No," I said, although I wanted to add that she would if I had a frankfurter sticking out of my nose. But Mary seemed confident, and she told me to bring a bag of treats to class.
I discovered the world of canine freestyle one night while watching an episode of the cartoon King of the Hill, in which Hank Hill and his beloved bloodhound, Ladybird, entered the vicious world of competitive dog dancing. I was admiring the show's brilliance at inventing the dog-dancing concept when it suddenly dawned on me: They were not making this up. I went to my computer and searched for "dog dancing" and discovered there are international competitions and even warring leagues.
Not only that, one of the earliest, and still continuing, venues for freestyle instruction was the Capital Dog Training Club in Silver Spring, Md., about 20 minutes from my home. Freestyle, which began in the early 1990s, has not caught on with dog owners like "agility" and "fly ball." Watching a video of freestyle highlights, I understood why. I had imagined I could just pick up Sasha's front paws and we would box-step to victory. In freestyle the dogs aren't doing four-legged versions of human dances, but a complicated choreography of twists and side steps and pirouettes—think of it as Balanchine for bichons. I was strangely moved by the menacing sexuality of a Doberman dancing to "Goldfinger."
The Canine Freestyle Federation, which was founded in 1995, has an almost ascetic aesthetic. The emphasis is on showing the dog's skill with a variety of required and optional moves. The handler, who is dressed conservatively, is not supposed to dance along to the music or even touch the dog during competition (thus ending my fantasies of dancing cheek to snout with Sasha).
This is in contrast to the World Canine Freestyle Organization, which has a more Las Vegas approach to the sport and even uses the term "dog dancing." Under WCFO rules, both canine and human can be covered in sequins and engage in flamboyant displays of jumping and rolling. The Canine Freestyle Federation regards the WCFO much as the National Collegiate Wrestling Association views the World Wrestling Entertainment.
About eight of us—seven women—and our dogs had signed up for Mary Sullivan's beginner class, but within minutes it was clear that only Sasha and I were true novices. I was immediately intimidated by the showmanship of Edgar Allan Poo, an 8-year-old miniature poodle, and Joell Silverman, his 75-year-old owner. I watched, while Sasha whined and pulled at her leash, as Edgar and Joell, to a polka tune, worked on a routine full of twirls and passes and changes of direction. Edgar concentrated on Joell's face with the same intensity that North Koreans are supposed to have when they gaze upon their Dear Leader.
When I talked to Joell I found out I wasn't the only reporter to have been taken with Edgar's charms. The poodle had already been profiled on the front page of the Wall Street Journal for his prowess in his previous sport, fly ball.
Then another woman got up with her black-and-white whippet to run through a program that showed off the dog's lithe and elegant form. I was more mesmerized by what went on when owner and dog weren't performing. The whippet sat in her owner's lap as the owner dispensed treats directly from her mouth into the dog's.
Mary wanted an idea of what Sasha and I could do, so she called us up in front of class. I felt like a mother who had bullied her child into a gifted and talented program, only to have to confront the truth that what her kid really needed was special ed. I suggested we just continue watching, but Mary and the other humans insisted we get up. I hadn't exactly lied when I said Sasha knew "sit," it's just that she doesn't sit in response to my saying it.
Mary asked me just to walk along with Sasha beside me. At first Sasha resisted, then she decided to pull me. Mary had me reposition Sasha on my side and get her to obey by feeding her a stream of treats.
Sasha responded erratically and Mary asked to see my treats—a bag of her regular dry food. Mary explained that for training purposes I needed something better. Sasha wasn't going to participate in a canine version of A Chorus Line by being bribed with kibble. Mary suggested I bake a pan of "tuna fish brownies." Then Mary stood in front of Sasha, held a chunk of hot dog near her face, and started peeling off bits of it, giving her the command "watch" as she moved backward. Sasha followed brilliantly—obviously I was on to something with the idea of a frankfurter up the nose. Mary was impressed with Sasha's level of food motivation and said that would really help with training.
"Soon you can put food in your mouth and feed her from your mouth like the rest of us," Mary explained. "Then she'll maintain eye contact on your face."
I felt like I was in some dystopian fantasy. I came to do a little cha-cha with my pooch, and the next thing I know I'm regurgitating tuna fish brownies into her mouth. I vowed to resist—both out of prudery and self-preservation. I imagined as soon as Sasha realized my mouth was a source of fish brownies, she would go into a frenzy and chew my lips off.
For my homework Mary told me to work on getting Sasha's attention: I should always have treats with me, and every time Sasha looked at my face, I should feed her one. I took to carrying a bag of cheese in my pocket—thankfully I'm alone most of the day—and tossing chunks to Sasha when she walked next to me or made eye contact.
Over a month, as the lessons progressed, despite her improved attention, Sasha and I fell ever further behind. One problem was that we never made it though an entire two-and-a-half-hour class. After 45 minutes Sasha would be glassy-eyed and near collapse—like the first competitor eliminated in a dance marathon. There was also so much to learn. While we were in a corner of the studio practicing walking back and forth, the other dogs were doing amazing moves called serpentines, scallops, spirals, and thunders. I tried to draw diagrams, but they involved the owner and the dog moving around each other in some pattern I found impossible to follow. Mary taught everyone a "tugger—a type of pivot named after the dog that first did it. I thought having a move named after your dog would be a great honor. What would a "sasha" be? Perhaps eating the judges' shoes.
Once you got the moves down, there was the whole matter of choreographing them into a seamless routine and selecting music. We were strongly discouraged from choosing marches or waltzes. Marches had such strong beats that the human was helpless to resist marching along—distracting from the dog. As for waltzes, Mary explained, "When you have four feet it's hard to move to a melody with three beats."
During one class, we were supposed to work on staying within the cones that delineated the competition floor. A substitute instructor had us each get up, stand in the upper left corner, cross to the middle of the floor on the diagonal, and cross back to the lower left corner. To Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass everyone did their triangular move. Then it was my turn. I explained that Sasha and I didn't really participate, but the class erupted with encouragement. I had to do it, everyone insisted—what was I there for? As Sasha and I got to the corner I felt as if I was in that recurring dream where you show up for your final exam and realize you've neglected ever to attend class.
Herb's trumpet sounded and I tried to get Sasha to follow my cheese cubes and get to the middle of the room. A stream of advice poured forth: "Loosen the leash," "No!" "Turn the other way!" "Use your voice!" "Loosen the leash!" I realized my classmates were right—what was I there for?
Sasha is an adorable, sweet pet who is wonderful with children. All she wants out of life is to eat until she explodes, to sniff repulsive things, and to poop on newly cleaned rugs. She is no Edgar Allan Poo because I am no Joell. Sure, I could make fun of Sasha for her inability to simply walk in two diagonal lines, but whose fault was that? It turned out dog dancing had brought us closer as I realized how well-matched we were. I was as lazy and uninterested in turning her into a champion as she was in becoming one.

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Educational Background
Scholarly Interests
Professor Gaudelli does research related to global education, pedagogy of visual media, curriculum practice, and teacher education/development.
William Gaudelli is Professor of Social Studies and Chair of the Department of Arts and Humanities at Teachers College, Columbia University. His research areas include global citizenship education and teacher education/development. Gaudelli has published over 50 scholarly pieces along with two books. His third book, Global Citizenship Education: Everyday Transcendence, which offers an analysis of global citizenship education in various locales globally was published in 2016. He is a co-founder of the Global Competence Certificate Program, which provides blended professional development for educators. Gaudelli is a frequent keynoter at international conferences and guest lecturer at various universities, having previously served as an executive board member of the John Dewey Society and College and University Faculty Assembly for the National Council for the Social Studies. Gaudelli was a member of the South Orange-Maplewood (NJ) Board of Education, 2011-2014. He was named a Rutgers 250 Revolutionary Fellow in 2016.
The Global Education and Leadership Foundation Program
Co-Principal Investigator, GELF Foundation
Diversity in global citizenship education
Principal Investigator, Teachers College, Columbia University
Videogames, global education and teacher reflection
Principal Investigator, Teachers College, Columbia University
Urban Teaching Residency Partnership
Principal Investigator, Florida Department of Education
Urban Teaching Residency Partnership
Principal Investigator, Florida Department of Education
Globalization, Pedagogy, and Practice:
Principal Investigator, University of Central Florida
Understanding Fiscal Responsibility
Faculty Representative/Curriculum Author, Peter Peterson Foundation
Mapping the African American Past in NYC
Curriculum Leader , JP Morgan-Chase
Teaching the Levees: Curriculum Guide for Spike Lee's HBO Documentary When the Levees Broke
Curriculum Team Leader, Rockefeller Foundation
Children At-Risk in Education (C.A.R.E.)
Learning to work with failing children-
A curriculum of social inclusion
University Partner, US Department of Education FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education)
Project REAL: Teaching U.S. History
2002-2005, US Department of Education
University of Central Florida's College of Education Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award.
University of Central Florida Award-Teaching Incentive Program
World Class: Teaching and learning in global times nominated for Outstanding Research Award
by the National Council for the Social Studies
Outstanding Affiliate Article Award for Pedagogical Orientations towards Democratic Civic Life, presented by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Best Practice Award, Institute for the African Child, Ohio University
Nancy Higginson Dorr Award, outstanding teacher candidate, Rutgers University
National Council for the Social Studies, Programs of Excellence Award
Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society
Recipient of Governor's Teaching Scholars scholarship
Elected to the Executive Board of the College and University Faculty Association of NCSS
Elected to the Executive Board of the John Dewey Society
Editorial Board of Canadian Social Studies
Associate Member, 2009-2012
Section Chair, American Educational Research Association Division B Curriculum, Section 2 Critical Perspectives for Annual Meeting, 2006.
Manuscript reviewer
Teachers College Record
Teaching and Teacher Education
Journal of Curriculum and Instruction
Theory and Research in Social Education
International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice
Canadian Social Studies
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education-Social Studies
The Journal of Social Studies Research
Book reviewer for academic presses
Peter Lang Publisher
Information Age Press
Review Board, Journal of Curriculum and Instruction
Review of David Gabbard's Knowledge and Power in the Global Economy, Erlbaum, 2007
Alan Marcus, et al. Teaching History with Film, Routledge 2010
Larry Hickman and Giuseppe Spadafora's John Dewey: A new democracy...
External reviewer of teacher education programs for Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2007
Curriculum Consultant for American Bar Association teacher in-service on teaching the federal judiciary, 2006
Team Leader for
Appointed to the John Dewey Society Awards Committee, 2005-2006
Attended R. Freeman Butts Institute on Civic Learning in Teacher Education, 2005
Appointed to the Editorial Board of Theory and Research in Social Education, 2004
Teachers College, Columbia University
Faculty Advisory Committee
Elected for 2010-2013 term
Chair, Social Studies Faculty Search Committee, 2010-11
Counselor of the Kappa (10th) Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, Teachers College Honors Society, 2009
Teacher Education Policy Committee (TEPC), 2006- 10
Ed.D. Committee, 2009-10
Chair, Arts and Humanities Taskforce on Doctoral Education, 2009
Course co-author for
Curriculum leader for
Teachers College and Columbia University joint delegation regarding collaboration with the Royal Court of Jordan for educational improvement, Amman, Jordan, 2007
Executive Board of the College and University Faculty Association of NCSS, 2009-2011
Executive Board of the John Dewey Society, 2008-2010
Editorial Board of Canadian Social Studies
AERA, Division B-Curriculum; SIG-Research in Social Studies Education
Global education as a school-wide endeavor. Presentation to Education Committee of the Board of Trustees,Learning globally in a culture of convergence: Diverse texts, dialogue, and pluralistic communities. Keynote presentation to Seton Hall University Global Education Conference, South Orange,
Recent Scholarly Papers
Gaudelli, W. (2009). Homogenized theoretical absences: A commentary on social studies research. Paper presented to the College and University Faculty Association of the National Council for the Social Studies,
Gaudelli, W. (2009). "Something is happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear": Citizenship in emerging democracies panel. Discussant remarks presented to the College and University Faculty Association of the National Council for the Social Studies,
Gaudelli, W. (2009). Difficult (self) knowledge: Subjects, objects and objections in re(pur)porting research of an ethnology museum. Paper presented to Division B-Curriculum of AERA, .
Gaudelli, W. & Ousley, D. (2009). From clothing to skin: Identity work of student teachers in student teaching seminar. Paper presented to Division K-Teacher Education of AERA, San Diego,
Gaudelli, W. (2009). Situating disciplinary and transformative knowing in contemporary educational scholarship. Discussant paper presented to Division K-Teacher Education of AERA,
Gaudelli, W. & Siegel, B. (2008). meaning across the global mediascape. Paper presented to the College and University Faculty Association of the National Council for the Social Studies,
Gaudelli, W. (2008). (Un)disturbed space: Examining naturality as represented in the of Natural History. Paper presented to the College and University Faculty Association of the National Council for the Social Studies, ,
School Board Debate
Panelist, Fox-WNYC Affiliate, 3/20/10
Delegation from varsity visits college at Badal village
Culture War Reflect Split between Residents by Mike Cronin
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 12/3/07
Gaudelli, W. (2003). World class: Teaching and learning in global times. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.
Zajda, J., Biraimah, K. & Gaudelli, W. (2008). Education and social inequality in the global culture. New York: Springer
Journal Articles
Gaudelli, W. & Siegel, B. (In Press). Seeking knowledge through global media. Curriculum Inquiry.
Gaudelli, W. (In Press). Global seeing. Teachers College Record. [Special Issue Edited by David Hansen].
Gaudelli, W. & Hewitt, R. (2010). The aesthetic potential of global issues curriculum. Journal of Aesthetic Education. 44 (1): 83-99.
Gaudelli, W. (2009). Heuristics of global citizenship discourses towards curriculum enhancement. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing. 25 (1): 68-85.
Gaudelli, W. & Ousley, D. (2009). From clothing to skin: Identity work of student teachers in culminating field experiences. Teaching and Teacher Education. 25 (6): 931-939.
Gaudelli, W. & Heilman, E. (2009). Reconceptualizing geography as democratic global citizenship education. Teachers College Record. 111 (11): 2647-2677
Gaudelli, W. (2009). Interpreting democratic images: Secondary students' reading of visual texts. Teacher Education Quarterly. 36 (1): 111-130.
Segall, A. & Gaudelli, W. (2007). Reflecting socially on social issues in a social studies methods course. Teaching Education , 18 (1): 77-92 .
Gaudelli, W. (2007). Global courts, global judges, and a multicitizen curriculum. Theory and Research in Social Education. 35 (3): 465-491.


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Results of a Pivotal Phase 3 Efficacy and Safety Study for Butrans® (Buprenorphine) Transdermal System CIII Published in The Journal of Pain
Sep 23, 2011, 11:30 ET
STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Butrans® (Buprenorphine) Transdermal System CIII 20 mcg/hour provided significantly lower "average pain over the last 24 hours" scores compared to Butrans 5 mcg/hour when used in opioid-experienced patients with moderate-to-severe chronic low back pain, according to a pivotal Phase 3 clinical study published in the online, August issue of The Journal of Pain.
"The publication of this data provides important information to healthcare professionals about the role of Butrans for the management of moderate-to-severe chronic pain in patients requiring a continuous around-the-clock opioid analgesic for an extended period of time," said Deborah Steiner, MD, MS, medical director at Purdue Pharma L.P.
The Butrans Transdermal System, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June 2010, is indicated for the management of moderate-to-severe chronic pain in patients requiring an around-the-clock opioid analgesic for an extended period of time. Butrans is the first transdermal system approved in the United States that delivers continuous release of the active ingredient, buprenorphine, for seven days.
Butrans is a Schedule III opioid prescription medication and can be abused in a manner similar to other opioid agonists, legal or illicit. Working with the FDA, Purdue Pharma L.P. has developed a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for Butrans that includes a Medication Guide, Elements to Assure Safe Use, such as healthcare providers training, and a timetable for submitting assessments of the REMS. This information is available at www.Butransrems.com.
Butrans is contraindicated in patients who have significant respiratory depression, severe bronchial asthma, who have or are suspected of having paralytic ileus or known hypersensitivity to any of its components or the active ingredient, buprenorphine, as well as those who require opioid analgesia for a short period of time, for the management of post-operative pain, including use after out-patient or day surgeries, the management of mild pain, and the management of intermittent pain (e.g., use on an as needed basis).
The Full Prescribing Information for Butrans contains the following Boxed Warning:
Proper Patient Selection
Butrans is a transdermal formulation of buprenorphine indicated for the management of moderate-to-severe chronic pain in patients requiring a continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesic for an extended period of time.
Potential for Abuse
Butrans contains buprenorphine which is a mu opioid partial agonist and a Schedule III controlled substance. Butrans can be abused in a manner similar to other opioid agonists, legal or illicit. Consider the abuse potential when prescribing or dispensing Butrans in situations where the physician or pharmacist is concerned about an increased risk of misuse, abuse, or diversion.
Persons at increased risk for opioid abuse include those with a personal or family history of substance abuse (including drug or alcohol abuse or addiction) or mental illness (e.g., major depression). Assess patients for their clinical risks for opioid abuse or addiction prior to being prescribed opioids. Routinely monitor all patients receiving opioids for signs of misuse, abuse and addiction.
Limitations of Use
Do not exceed a dose of one 20 mcg/hour Butrans system due to the risk of QTc interval prolongation.
Avoid exposing the Butrans application site and surrounding area to direct external heat sources. Temperature-dependent increases in buprenorphine release from the system may result in overdose and death.
Summary of Clinical Study
Patients evaluated in this randomized, double-blind, double-dummy active controlled, superiority study had moderate-to-severe low back pain for at least three months and were receiving treatment with opioid analgesics at doses between 30 to 80 mg of morphine sulfate or the equivalent at least four days per week for at least 30 days prior to the screening visit. Sixty-two percent (62%) of patients were taking hydrocodone-containing medications; 21% were taking oxycodone-containing medications; and 12% of patients were taking propoxyphene-containing medications. Prospective patients were excluded if they were currently using the fentanyl transdermal-system, extended-release hydromorphone, or more than 80 mg per day of oral morphine equivalent for pain control upon entry into the study.
The study employed an enriched design – allowing only patients who both tolerated and responded to Butrans during an open label run-in period to enter into the 12-week double-blind phase of the trial, mimicking the treatment of patients in a clinical practice setting.
The efficacy and safety of Butrans 20 mcg/hour was assessed using Butrans 5 mcg/hour as the low-dose control group. All patients wore either active or placebo patches (double-dummy technique). The study was performed at 75 centers in the United States.
Of the 1160 patients that entered the open-label run-in period, 57% were able to titrate to and tolerate the adverse effects of Butrans 20 mcg/hour and were randomized into a 12-week double-blind treatment phase. Twelve percent (12%) of patients discontinued due to an adverse event and 21% discontinued due to lack of a therapeutic effect during the open-label titration period. A total of 660 patients were randomized to the double-blind phase to receive Butrans 20 mcg/hour, Butrans 5 mcg/hour, or an active control, for 12 weeks. During the double-blind treatment, in the Butrans 20 mcg/hour group, 11% discontinued early due to a lack of therapeutic effect and 13% due to an adverse event; in the Butrans 5 mcg/hour group, 24% discontinued early due to a lack of therapeutic effect and 6% due to an adverse event.
Analysis of the primary efficacy endpoint – "average pain over the last 24 hours" scores – showed that patients treated with Butrans 20 mcg/hour experienced significantly lower pain scores compared to those treated with Butrans 5 mcg/hour. The results of four sensitivity analyses, performed to assess the robustness of the primary efficacy analysis with respect to differing imputation algorithms, were all statistically significant for Butrans 20 mcg/hour compared to Butrans 5 mcg/hour and consistent with the results of the primary efficacy analysis. There were statistically significant differences in pain scores observed between the active comparator and Butrans 5 mcg/hour treatment groups for all sensitivity analyses.
Treatment-related adverse events were primarily classified as gastrointestinal, general disorders and administration site conditions, and nervous system disorders. The adverse events most frequently observed during the double-blind phase (greater than or equal to 10%) for patients treated with Butrans 5 mcg/hour and Butrans 20 mcg/hour, were nausea [8%, and 12%]; application site pruritus (itching) [5% and 13% application site]; application site erythema (redness of the skin) [5%, and 10%]; and headache [5% and 11%].
Warnings and Precautions
- Respiratory Depression: Respiratory depression is the chief hazard with Butrans. Use with extreme caution in patients at risk of respiratory depression.
- CNS Depression: Butrans may cause somnolence, dizziness, alterations in judgment and alterations in levels of consciousness, including coma. Use with caution in patients who are receiving other central nervous system (CNS) depressants. Additive CNS effects are expected when used with alcohol, benzodiazepines, other opioids, or illicit drugs.
- QTc Prolongation: Avoid in patients with Long QT Syndrome, family history of Long QT Syndrome, or those taking Class IA or Class III antiarrhythmic medications.
- Head Injury: Butrans may worsen increased intracranial pressure and obscure its signs, such as level of consciousness or pupillary signs.
- Hypotensive Effects: Butrans may cause severe hypotension. Use with caution in patients at increased risk of hypotension and in patients in circulatory shock.
- Application Site Skin Reactions: In rare cases, severe application site skin reactions with signs of marked inflammation including "burn," "discharge," and "vesicles" have occurred.
- Anaphylactic/Allergic Reactions: Cases of acute and chronic hypersensitivity to buprenorphine have been reported both in clinical trials and in the post-marketing experience.
- Use in Pancreatic/Biliary Tract Disease and Other Gastrointestinal Conditions: Use with caution in patients with biliary tract disease, including acute pancreatitis. Ileus may occur. Monitor for decreased bowel motility.
Adverse Event Information
The most common adverse events (greater than or equal to 5%) reported by patients treated with Butrans in clinical trials were nausea, headache, application site pruritus, dizziness, constipation, somnolence, vomiting, application site erythema, dry mouth, and application site rash. The most frequently occurring application site skin reactions were application site pruritus, erythema, rash and irritation. In rare cases, severe application site skin reactions with signs of marked inflammation including "burn," "discharge," and "vesicles" have occurred.
Butrans Transdermal System Dosages
Three strengths of Butrans are commercially available by prescription in retail pharmacies nationwide: 5 mcg/hour (NDC code 59011-750-04); 10 mcg/hour (NDC code 59011-751-04); and 20 mcg/hour (NDC code 59011-752-04). The maximum dose of Butrans is 20 mcg/hour.
The Full Prescribing Information for Butrans, including the Medication Guide and Boxed Warning is available at www.purduepharma.com/PI/prescription/ButransPI.pdf and at www.Butrans.com.
About Purdue Pharma L.P.
Purdue Pharma L.P. and its associated U.S. companies are privately-held pharmaceutical companies known for pioneering research on persistent pain. Headquartered in Stamford, CT, Purdue Pharma is engaged in the research, development, production, and distribution of both prescription and over-the-counter medicines and hospital products. Additional information about Purdue can be found at www.purduepharma.com.
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Skrzypek withdraws from district justice nomination
According to the Elk County Bureau of Elections and Voter Registration, Stephen P. Skrzypek of Kersey has withdrawn from the race for Magisterial District Justice 59-3-03. Skrzypek withdrew his candidacy on July 5, according to the elections bureau. In the primary election held May 17, Skrzypek won the Democratic nomination and was set to face Republican primary ballot winner Mark S. Jacob of St. Marys in the Nov. 8 general election. Both candidates cross-filed on the ballots. Kim Frey, director of the Elk County Bureau of Elections and Voter Registration, said three scenarios are now possible: The Elk County Democratic Party's executive committee could name as a substitute candidate for Skrzypek a registered Democrat who was not on the primary ballot; could name no one, which would leave Jacob unopposed in the general election; or could name Jacob himself as the Democratic nominee for district justice. Jacob came in second behind Skrzypek on the Democratic primary ballot. The reason Jacob can be chosen as the Democratic candidate is that he is a registered Democrat and was on the primary ballot. This is unusual in that it is only an option in races for magisterial district justice, school board and traffic court judge races in Pennsylvania; elections for other positions do not allow the naming of a replacement candidate who has already lost on the primary ballot. District justice candidates Brian E. Kraus, Robert "Bert" Sorg and Joseph T. Fleming, who also cross-filed for both the Republican and Democratic nominations, are not eligible to be named as a replacement candidate for Skrzypek because they are registered as Republicans. Bob Roberts, chair of the Elk County Democratic Party, said the party would have an executive committee meeting to discuss the situation and make a recommendation as to the course of action they will take. That meeting is expected to take place sometime next week. At press time, Skrzypek could not be reached for comment on why he withdrew from the race.


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Hyatt Andaz treats housekeepers like dogs
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
According to its website: "Andaz West Hollywood is more than a hip boutique hotel in Los Angeles. It's a lifestyle. Meaning "personal style" in Hindi, Andaz West Hollywood adds the latest style, service, and high-touch innovation to your West Hollywood hotel experience."
The Hyatt's latest innovation seems to be tethering their housekeepers, members of UNITE HERE Local 11, using two high tech innovations — iPod Touch and REX software. REX stands for Room Expeditor, a product sold by M-Tech to the hotel industry. Its logo (you decide if it's clever or downright insulting) is the little doggie ready to "go fetch" on the master's command pictured here.
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SafeCode Drug Technologies Corp Signs an Agreement With INTOVISION PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN (An Israeli Product Development Co) to Manufacturers the World's First Voice Recognition Drug Safety Application Prototype
Jan 17, 2013, 08:51 EST
JERUSALEM, January 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
SafeCode Drug Technologies Corp. (OTCBB: SAFC), a developer of a patent-pending voice recognition technology that reduces the risks of errors during the administration of prescription medications, has signed an agreement with INTOVISION PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN to manufacturers the world's first voice recognition drug safety application Prototype.
The development is expected to take 4 months at which time it will be demonstrated to the world's leading drug (and drug container) manufacturers.
A video demonstration of the product applications can be viewed at http://youtube/PEy9ygT6jaA.
SafeCode is the developer of the world's first patent-protected voice recognition technology used to confirm prescription medications prior to their administration at home or in a medical center.
Using SafeCode technology, prescription medications stored in specially designed locked containers can only be accessed and administered once the caregiver or patient correctly announces the name of the drug.
The technology ensures that the appropriate medication is being administered, as mistakes have accounted for thousands of deaths in recent years. Often, nurses, doctors or patients are not careful when giving or taking medications and much medication's packaging may look similar. SafeCode Technology prevents medication errors, and thereby reduces the risk of severe injury or accidental death.
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This letter contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended. All forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, based on current expectations and assumptions concerning future events or future performance of SafeCode Drug Technologies Corp., and its technologies. In evaluating such statements, prospective investors should review carefully various risks and uncertainties identified in this release, as actual results may differ materially from those indicated. SafeCode Drug Technologies Corp. public filings may be viewed at http://www.sec.gov.
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Internet Ethics Program Manager Irina Raicu J.D. '09 interrogates the ethics of NSA surveillance.
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Following recent disclosures about U.S. government surveillance programs, much public debate has centered on the need to balance the benefits and harms of intelligence gathering. That analysis is hard to do in the absence of details, even if we assume that collection and analysis of data have helped protect us. As a society we still need to ask some broader questions about the rights affected by secretive programs—as well as their utility. Let's start with these.
1. Initially, the administration said that our elected representatives were fully briefed about and approved the programs. If that's true (which some members of Congress disputed), it raises another question: Is there a level of transparency that U.S. citizens need from each branch of the government even if those branches are transparent to one another? In a democracy, can the system of checks and balances function with informed representatives but without an informed public? Would such an environment undermine voters' ability to choose?
2. Harms of pervasive surveillance are less intuitive than benefits. The latter, we are told, include better protection against potential terrorist attacks and more effective responses to ones that do occur. Security is often presented as a common good, while privacy is presented as either a lesser good or an individual (slightly selfish) concern. But privacy is a common good, too. It's a necessary prerequisite not just for democratic governance but also for development of individual character, for freedom of thought, and innovation in all its forms. In a society in which the government collects the metadata (and possibly much of the content) of every person's communications for future analysis, will people still speak, read, research, and act freely? Do we have examples of countries in which mass surveillance coexisted with democratic governance? Does mass surveillance inherently create an imbalance of power between the state and the individual?
3. Some critics have compared the recently revealed programs with the internal surveillance systems that existed in countries like East Germany (and still exist in some countries today). Others have bristled at such comparisons. Given the new technologies that we use every day, and the coming "Internet of Things," the new surveillance capabilities might mean we have no precedents for the types and scope of monitoring that we may be facing. Do we need to stop looking toward the past and instead consider the potential for novel abuses in the future—and draw new limits that reflect our new reality?
4. Although some of our government's actions since 9/11 have been condemned in other countries, in much of the world the United States is still seen as a champion of civil liberties and as a defender of Internet freedom. But the recent revelations have again altered perceptions of the United States abroad: We have seen evidence that some U.S. companies are losing business because of the surveillance. That effect may pass or be outweighed by purported gains in national security. But will people around the world be less likely to collaborate with us, particularly given assurances that much of the surveillance is directed at foreigners or those who communicate with foreigners? Might these surveillance programs change the perception of the United States to the point where they hamper, more than they help, our national security?
The explanation for the collection of vast amounts of information about all of us has come as a metaphor: In our networked, chatty culture, we are told, searching for the communications of terrorists or other criminals is like looking for a needle in a haystack, so in order to search, the government has to collect the haystack first. Details about that call you made an hour ago? They're stalks in the haystack. The emails and texts you answered all morning? Straws. The photos you uploaded to Instagram? Other records, such as geolocation information or bank transactions? We're not sure whether those are part of the haystack. Now that we know that the haystack exists, are we content to keep building it? Or is there a final straw?
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A personal note of thanks to SCU alumni. You came through in record numbers to secure a $1 million gift for the University.
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From business to government to college campuses, it's not always a question that gets asked. But here's how the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics set out to change that.
Good light
For a quarter century Charles Barry has told Santa Clara's stories in photographs. Here are a few.
Mission Matters
Enter here
Palm Drive becomes a grand pedestrian promenade.
Graduation day highlights
More than 1,000 grads were on hand to hear the address by Leon Panetta '60, J.D. '63 at SCU's 162nd commencement exercises.
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(AFP) – Two Israeli reservists were killed early Tuesday when their attack helicopter crashed during a training mission in the south of the country, the military said in a statement.
The accident happened at around 1:00 am (2300 GMT Monday) during a training flight, with the Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter going down in the Shfela region which lies between the southern West Bank and the Mediterranean.
It was not immediately clear why it crashed.
"A Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter crashed overnight during a routine training flight in the area of the Shfela," the statement said.
Air force chief Major General Amir Eshel immediately ordered that all such Cobra helicopters be grounded until the cause of the crash was established.
"At approximately 1:00 am, contact was lost with the helicopter as it was en route from a routine training flight to Palmahim air base," the statement said.
"IDF ground and air forces commenced a widescale search for the aircraft and the pilots. At approximately 5:15 am the remains of the helicopter were discovered and no survivors were found," it said.
Israeli media named the two who died as Lieutenant Colonel Noam Ron, 49, and Major Erez Flexer, 31.
In September 2008, Israel was forced to ground its fleet of Cobra helicopters after two soldiers were killed during a routine training flight near the northern town of Afula.
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Dear Chief Justice Shepherd and Task Force members:
Thank you for inviting input to the ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education. I write to share a few thoughts informally.
Most importantly, I would like to commend this Task Force itself. The serious issues affecting legal education (and higher education more generally) are systemic. They require collective action. No individual institution—whatever its market position—is likely to be effective on these myriad issues. Your initiative is crucial and much appreciated.
I know you are oriented toward practical change, actions that can be implemented. I would encourage you also to consider specifically structures and processes that would bring together multiple institutions, the bench, the bar, and academy, as well as law schools that otherwise might be competitors. The ABA itself, as a regulatory authority, is one of the most significant entities with an ongoing role to play.
There are eight issues I'd highlight for your consideration.
First, there are too many law students training for a J.D. in a market that is already saturated. Every objective indicator shows there is a glut of lawyers at this time. The only question is whether these conditions are temporary or permanent.
Even if they are temporary, they will likely persist for at least some time. And even as a recovery occurs, the types of lawyers required in the future will be different. The profession has always been stratified, but it is becoming hyper-stratified. There is little in common in the responsibilities or the financial rewards, as between the small-town solo practitioner and the "BigLaw" partner. Most law schools and most of their students are not being prepared adequately for the possibilities of serving as contract attorneys, doing highly-specialized but routine work, or adapting to other structural changes.
The ABA is a gatekeeper. The American Medical Association (AMA) likewise is a gatekeeper. The ABA and the AMA appear to have very different attitudes about approval of new institutions. The ABA might follow the AMA as a model, by approving far fewer new institutions. Law schools have opened at an alarming rate that does not correspond to actual need. The Great Recession has made that excess capacity more obvious. But the underlying problems were there before then; they were merely masked by a temporary bubble.
Second, tuition is too high and has risen too quickly. It is too high from several perspectives: measured by "return on investment" for individual students, by what the "market will bear," or by general societal perceptions. The amounts we charge have deleterious effects not only for the persons directly affected, but also for our institutions. It undermines support for rule of law more generally, as disaffected law school graduates encourage others to perceive of the whole structure as fraudulent. The terms that are being used in general discourse are the strongest possible, and they reflect highly negative sentiments being propagated even by bar leaders themselves.
Yet those who demand that class sizes be cut and tuition be reduced do not typically consider how so many of our schools rely heavily on overall tuition revenue. That amount is the product of the number of students enrolled multiplied by the tuition rate (less return to financial aid). There is no realistic proposal of which I am aware that would allow us to reduce both enrollment and tuition, especially for public schools given the sizeable cutbacks in state support. Your task force could have the most positive effect if it developed a feasible means for both reducing class size and lowering tuition.
Third, the first two issues create a great irony. We actually face unmet legal need. Whether in public agencies, through non-profit organizations, or for ordinary citizens who need advice and counsel, for example in rural areas, there is a tremendous quantity of legal work that is not being done. The pipeline has not been built in the right manner to bring new graduates to their potential clients. Aside from issues of student debt, the training our students receive—despite profound changes unnoticed by critics—still does not emphasize skills enough, more than a generation after the McCrate Report (among other prominent studies).
Fourth, the ABA has adopted a restrictive rule regarding online legal education. In an era when both the technology and the pedagogy are proven, and with the most elite institutions of higher education rolling out online curriculum (for credit), there is no good rationale for this provision. The main reasons to enforce a limit of this nature would be to prevent "fly-by-night" low-quality institutions from starting and to ensure high-quality institutions do not "race to the bottom" by compromising the educational experience. The former problem can be taken care of by other means. The latter risk should not be given undue weight given the available empirical evidence about the effectiveness of online learning.
Fifth, US News & World Report rankings have a widely recognized deleterious effect, yet are a widely accepted metric for assessing quality; the deleterious effect noted by educators, the metric appreciated by everyone else. It is unrealistic to call on students, employers, and others to disregard such an influential source of information—however flawed its methodology and whatever its overall consequences. It also is unlikely that any meaningful number of schools will opt out.
Accordingly, perhaps the ABA should consider specific changes to the data it requires that reduce the opportunity for "gaming," meaning not outright cheating but rather permissible, aggressive interpretations. Options include using bright line quantitative data; adding definitions of terms; performing audits; ensuring consistency with other data reporting requirements, such as to the federal government in IPEDS and regional accrediting authorities that use different definitions for the same terms; eliminating factors that do not reflect on the actual quality of legal education; emphasizing pedagogical accomplishments (as a supplement to, not substitute for, scholarly production); and taking into account structural differences among institutions.
Sixth, the public is demanding, and the federal government is starting to insist on, accreditation standards that measure student-learning outcomes. Other accrediting authorities, such as WASC, have begun to implement such measures, in a salutary trend.
Seventh, admission to the bar (of course regulated by states, though the ABA may be able to exert some influence) should be determined by examinations that test actual readiness to practice as best as possible. The efforts by bar examiners to lower admission rates—not to deter unqualified applicants but to protect the market for those already members of the bar, i.e. no different than professional guilds of past eras restricting competition to inflate compensation for current members—should be resisted. There are better means to address the excess supply of lawyers, and arbitrarily failing potential entrants who have reasonable expectations in this regard is unfair.
Eighth, the ABA should, and only the ABA is positioned to, undertake extensive public education about the importance of legal institutions, not only law schools but also an independent judicial system. This ought to be more than reactive to the current negative press. It should emphasize the role of legal education in preparing leaders and engaged citizens. Within this effort, there could be much more done to set realistic expectations about legal practice, wholly aside from what salaries people might expect to earn upon graduation from law schools. Few people matriculating in law schools have any sense of what lawyers do on a day-to-day basis, other than from television shows.
Finally, related to the need for public education, I have the sense that some of the criticisms of legal education are based on a parody of what professors spend their time doing rather than the reality. Law school leaders, including faculty members, are well aware of the need to train students for actual practice. We do need to reform. We are trying to bring about a revolution in everything from higher education financing to the relationship of our training system to the profession to the curriculum.
Yet the sense that law professors prefer to devote their careers to esoteric issues is misdirected. Many seemingly obscure subjects actually are of tremendous practical consequence; for example, internet law, especially privacy law, was considered fanciful when the courses were introduced not long ago. It is apparent that internet law, including especially privacy law, are central to high-stakes disputes of first impression today. Other obscure subjects are worthwhile, because they serve to teach valuable skills. A student who writes a terrific term paper on the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II for a legal history class in 2000 seems to have done interesting but arcane work, until the events of September 11, 2001 make the topic most timely. Even without the renewed relevance of the constitutionality of wartime measures that target a specific ethnic group, the work, if done well, is exactly what students should be doing in order to learn archival research, public policy analysis, and persuasive writing on highly-charged controversies. A student who has the ability, diligence, and resourcefulness to track down what happened to specific individuals who were interned becomes a lawyer who has the ability, diligence, and resourcefulness to conduct fact investigation as to a criminal defendant.
Many of the ideas in legal education announced with fanfare as new are great marketing efforts to describe what responsible institutions of legal education have been doing for some time. As we improve, we need to do more to communicate better the value of what we already are doing. Please contact me to discuss any of these matters. I look forward to seeing your work progress. Thank you. Best wishes.
Chancellor & Dean, UC Hastings College of the Law
MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012: UC Hastings Faculty at Forefront in Legal Education Dialogue in California, Nationwide
UC Hastings College of the Law leaders are taking pivotal roles in the national dialogue on the future of legal education. Professor Leo Martinez has been appointed to a seat on an American Bar Association task force looking at the future of legal education. Martinez, who is president-elect of the Association of American Law Schools, is one of several academics on the task force that includes lawyers, judges and general counsel. Academic Dean Shauna Marshall has been named to a newly formed State Bar of California committee on bar admissions, which is considering whether to require practical training, such as clinical work or an externship, for admission to the state bar.


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USGenWeb Free Census Project Help, What does being a "transcriber" mean?
The USGenWeb Free Census Project was founded to put all of the U.S. census records online in a standard format, where everyone can use them for research, FREE of charge. Like everything we do in the USGenWeb, this is being done in the spirit of sharing, and you now have your chance to help us by sharing your resources and time to assure that all future researchers will have the benefit of all of the census enumerations at the click of the mouse.
Transcribing a census is an incredible gift to the present and future researcher. It requires dedication and patient attention to detail. It is a large undertaking and the first-timer should start with one roll of film so as to not get overwhelmed. Our definition of transcribing is to transfer data from microfilm or other original document into text format using one of our data entry forms.
You must have the materials to transcribe from, or access to them. While we do furnish the software, WE DO NOT HAVE CENSUS RECORDS TO GIVE YOU. To assist you in obtaining the census materials to use in your transcription, please visit our Census Location Page.
Your best source of information will be your State Census Coordinator. Please feel free to write that person with any questions at any time. Please keep them informed as to how you are progressing. If something comes up and for whatever reason you cannot finish your assignment, please let them know.
To assist you in your endeavor we have a Census FAQs Message Board for your specific questions related to volunteering to transcribe and/or proofread.
The Census Project has mailing lists where you can share information and ideas with other transcribers. These include: the USGWARCH-CEN-L list, USGW-ACP-CENTRANS-L and the USGWARCH-CART-L to assist transcribers in their transcriptions.
We provide our volunteer transcribers with either a database program (which we prefer you use if possible) or a template that has been created so that our file managers can convert them to the standardized text output to meet the goals of the project.
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2. CENTRANS (currently for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920) MAC & PC [The programmer is writing updates which will eventually include all years.]
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Oscar nominee and 2018 Independent Spirit Award winner Emily V. Gordon talks with "The IMDb Show" about making The Big Sick with her husband, Kumail Nanjiani.
Kendrick Lamar and Bruno Mars ruled the music industry's biggest night. See photos from the 60th annual Grammy Awards and our list of winners.
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The Shape of Water won the top movie prize at the 2018 Producers Guild Awards and "The Handmaid's Tale" won the top television award. Discover the full list of winners and browse photos from the event.
See our list of all the memorable moments from the 2018 Golden Globes, from Seth Meyers jinxing The Post to Oprah's rousing public address that left most everyone speechless.
Discover two-time Golden Globe winner "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and start streaming the show on Prime Video.
"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" cast discuss the success of their series, and Call Me by Your Name star Timothée Chalamet reflects on his remarkable year on the big screen.
From Love Story to The Artist, here's a look back at the Best Picture winners in the 75-year history of the Golden Globe Awards, prior to 2018.


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Fans of "Firefly" keep the imagined sci-fi Western universe alive, Joss Whedon told more than 4,000 people (many of whom camped in line overnight) in the jam-packed Ballroom 20 at Comic-Con International on Friday afternoon.
Whedon also talked about an upcoming comic book series from Dark Horse, which will pick up some time after "Firefly" and "Serenity" left off.
The emotional panel, which started and ended with tears and standing ovations, reunited most the main cast of the short-lived but much-loved series. Creator (and "The Avengers" director) Whedon; actors Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Summer Glau, Adam Baldwin and Sean Maher; and writers Tim Minear and Jose Molina took photos of one another and the crowd as they entered the stage, greeted by deafening applause.
"Firefly," which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, chronicles the misadventures of Capt. Malcolm Reynolds (Fillion) and his ragtag crew as they scavenge and steal to keep their bucket-of-bolts spaceship Serenity afloat. In creating the series, Whedon rejected typical sci-fi tropes like "purple lights" and "aliens with big green heads" and aimed instead for "something that felt real, like a piece of history," he said. "I wanted to tell an immigrant's story."
Fox canceled the show short of a full-season run, but the feature-length sequel "Serenity" hit theaters in 2005, largely because of relentless support from singularly devoted fans who call themselves "Browncoats" after the former resistance soldiers in the series.
When asked at the end of the panel, hosted by Science Channel, how he felt about those fans, Whedon found himself at a rare loss for words. The audience filled his silence with cheers, and the teary cast members joined fans in a standing ovation as Whedon, overcome by emotion, struggled to speak.
"When you come from a great movie, you feel like you're in that world," Whedon finally said. "You come out of certain things, and the world has become that. When you're telling a story, you are trying to connect to people in a particular way. It's not just about what you want to say, it's about inviting them into a world. And the way in which you guys have inhabited this world, this universe, has made you part of it, part of the story. You are living in 'Firefly.' When I see you guys, I don't think the show's off the air. I don't think there's a show. I think that's what the world is like. I think there's spaceships. I think there's horses. The story is alive."
It's a rare, intimate relationship the show's creators and stars share with their viewers, born out of the breath of second life the online fan community gave the franchise years after the show was canceled. "Firefly" alumni frequently interact with Browncoat groups around the country; even Thursday night, Whedon, Baldwin and others paid a late-night surprise visit, waking up sleeping fans who camped outside the convention center for the reunion panel.
During the panel, Whedon talked about how differently the series would have ended had he known the show would be cut short, or had the show continued. He said "Firefly" would have delved more deeply into the Blue Sun conspiracy and revealed more about mysterious characters Shepherd Book (Ron Glass) and Inara Serra (Morena Baccarin), both fan favorites.
And had the story ended as a TV show, not a feature film, he would not have killed off Wash or Book. The audience erupted in applause, and Tudyk threw victorious fists in the air.
"A film is a different animal, and it has different needs," Whedon said.
Whedon said the new Dark Horse comics will explore what happened to the crew after "Serenity," as opposed to the existing comics, which are prequels. He also hinted that an upcoming project will delve more into Inara's story but did not share any specifics.
Fillion said he feels grateful that the series has enjoyed such success instead of feeling greedy for more.
"When 'Firefly' died, I thought it was the worst thing that could possibly happen," Fillion said. "And what I realize now, 10 years later, looking out over this room, is that the worst thing that could have happened is if it had stayed dead."
Cast members reminisced fondly about specific episodes, and Tudyk recalled being approached by Fillion his first day on set. Fillion immediately challenged him to a name-learning contest — the beginning of an unusually intimate camaraderie among the cast and crew, he said.
Whedon also praised Fillion, crediting him for leading and uniting the actors as well as his character led and united his crew.
"Nathan is the captain," he said. "He is there to make sure everybody is having the best time, doing their best work…. The captain of the ship and the star of the show have a responsibility that most actors are not up to, or ignore." Whedon also praised Glau's "vulnerability and strength" and Jewel Staite's ability to make him cry and called Gina Torres "the most bad-ass woman" he'd ever seen.
"We always knew from the very beginning that everything we were doing, we were doing for the right reasons, in the right way, with the right people, that we were making something that was more than the sum of its parts, and that we had the best cast I'll ever work with," Whedon said, surveying the thousands of cheering fans.
"It goes beyond vindication," he said. "Vindication came along time ago. It goes to a place of transcendence that I can't even describe without turning into a girly man, more of a girly man than I already am."
— Noelene Clark
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Many investors still hope that the global economy will experience a significant rebound in 2013. I guess it is human nature to assume the optimistic position that our economic fate will turn to the upside with each new calendar.
In fact, a Bloomberg poll of 862 global investors taken this month showed that 66 percent of respondents believe in a stabilizing or improving global economy, compared to just over 50 percent in September. The survey also indicated that the world economy is in its best shape in 18 months as China's prospects improve and the U.S. looks likely to avoid the fiscal cliff.
In sharp contrast, I believe the temporary illusion of global stabilization has come from a massive increase in public sector debt, artificially-produced low interest rates that can never be allowed to increase and central bankers that have taken their cue on how to conduct monetary policy from Gideon Gono (Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe).
If the politicians and bureaucrats in Japan, Europe and U.S. allowed their private sectors to deleverage, if they did not interfere with the correction of asset prices, if they allowed insolvent institutions to go bankrupt, and if they did not abuse their currencies and interest rates; then they would indeed be on a sustainable and free-market based pathway to prosperity.
However, because they have the collective hubris to believe recessions can be expunged from the business cycle, what we do see is the empirical evidence of a government-induced mediocrity in the developed world, which will only lead to a severe downturn in the GDP in the near future.
If the current strategies deployed led to economic prosperity, then international lenders would not have to undertake yet another bailout for Greece. The nation already defaulted on 172 billion euros worth of Greek bonds, which represented 85.5 percent of the total 206 billion euros held by the private sector in the early part of 2012. However, just this week they again had to restructure their debt by cutting the interest rate on official Greek loans, extending the maturity of those loans from the EFSF bailout fund by 15 years to 30 years, and be granted a 10-year interest repayment deferral on those loans.
Turning to China, if government spending was the solution, then the Shanghai composite index would not be down 20 percent in 2012 and now be trading at a four-year low. Also, if central bank counterfeiting from the ECB was the answer, Spain's stock market would not be down 6 percent for the year. And if the U.S. was indeed rebounding after a multi-year recession, why is the S&P 500 down 4 percent since the end of this summer -- especially in the light of the fact that it has not gained one point from the level it was five years ago?
If the global economy was about to make a turn to the upside, then industrial commodity prices would presage a rebound in growth. But instead copper prices are down from close to $4 per pound in February, to just $3.60 today. Oil prices were trading close to $100 a barrel in the summer and have sold off to just $88 today. If the global economy was about to make a significant move to the upside, why haven't industrial commodities and equity markets begun to price in that improvement -- especially in consideration of the massive amount of liquidity that has been added by central banks?
The truth is that the Great Recession was the result of too much debt, rapid money supply growth, asset bubbles and artificial interest rates. Governments believe the economy can be remedied by placing all those conditions on steroids. They are wrong, and when falling real interest rates finally cause investors to demand a real rate of return on their holdings of government paper the game will be over.
In an effort to maintain the illusion of prosperity, politicians on both sides of isle will ensure that the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling in the U.S. will be avoided at all costs. Any retracement in government borrowing of the Fed's phony money will send the economy into a steep recession. That's because the main borrower of Bernanke-Bucks has been Uncle Sam. If our fiscal imbalances are suddenly and sharply reduced then the money supply would shrink, which would send asset prices and the economy tumbling. And then the mirages of economic stabilization and improvement would rapidly vanish away.
Therefore, the developed world will continue to be mired in stagflation, not only next year but indeed until those governments are finally forced into addressing the real underlying economic problems.
Michael Pento is the President of Pento Portfolio Strategies .


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As if we haven't been submerged in 2008 election news and rumors, the entertainment gods have cast a storm upon us: FOX News is going to be mixed into FOX Sports' Super Bowl coverage.
Given Keith Olbermann's sky-high ratings following his injection into NBC's NFL half-time show, it's easy to see why FOX would want to try their hand at mixing football and politics. It's too bad that FOX News is easily the least credible of all of the news channels, ever. Thumb through Crooks and Liars' posts under the FOX News category if you're skeptical.
As a liberal, I think Olbermann is one of the greatest things to happen to the television world since the original American Gladiators. However, mixing Olbermann's political observations into half-time of a football game just doesn't sit well with me. Sports and politics merge in many ways: the playing of the national anthem before games, Congress' mingling in baseball's drug issues, et cetera, but both are deemed necessary. Olbermann's show and FOX News during the Super Bowl are superfluous.
I want to know why Tom Brady will pick apart the Green Bay Packer defense during the Super Bowl, not why Barack Obama will pick apart Hilary Clinton's voting records. And given that it will be FOX News doing the reporting and opining, I imagine we'll be hearing about why Mike Huckabee's plan to Christianize the U.S. Constitution is flawless, or why John McCain's idea to stay in Iraq for 100 years is guaranteed to both turn Iraq into a worldwide beacon of democracy and strengthen our national defense. In other words, we'll be inundated with patently false statements backed up with skewed and made-up facts, like the cries of a liberal media bias.
And for the record, it's not that FOX News is blatantly right-wing that makes me detest it so; it's that they unabashedly ignore reality and make up their own facts and figures on the fly so it suits their agenda. And I'd be just as irritated if they had decided to throw in a bunch of liberals to report and opine during the Super Bowl coverage because it has no reason being there in the first place.
It's bad enough most of us subject ourselves to the irritating Super Bowl commercials, only 5% of which are entertaining (well, maybe this will make it more entertaining this year). Now we're going to sit through war cheer-leading and Republican back-patting.
Did I mention that the election is still 10 months away?
In Other News
You can tell it's the baseball off-season when I go two weeks without one inspiration to write about something. Counting down the days 'til pitchers and catchers report…
Once I get Photoshop CS3 working on my computer again (or once I can get a few graphics done by someone else for free), I'll have a new design for Crashburn Alley up. I haven't really liked either of the designs I've used thus far but I think the one I am waiting to use is pretty snazzy.
The Doug Glanville Perspective. [Balls, Sticks, & Stuff]
Amen… this is the longest off-season ever. [Bugs & Cranks]
Grading the top-ten starting rotations in baseball. [I'm Writing Sports]
Why do some Phillies fans hate Pat Burrell, again? [I've Made a Huge Tiny Mistake]
It's NFL Championship weekend. [Josh Q. Public]
Sportsmanship, where art thou? [Moondog Sports]
A Thought on the Rolen/Glaus Trade. [The Good Phight]
John Brattain hands out The Pujols Awards. [The Hardball Times]
No surprise that the BBWAA got it wrong again, this time with Tim Raines. [The Progenitor of Severe Gluteal Discomfort]
Bud Selig may be bad, but he's making the owners a lot of money. [Ump Bump]
Hey, Scotty, big girls don't cry. [We Should Be GM's]


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